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" The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. "

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" Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. "

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" There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. "

" So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late. "

" The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. "

" To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for. "

" In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. "

" Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen. "

" I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy. "

" I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way. "

" The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach. "

" I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. "

" I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. "

" Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it. "

" The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better. "

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" It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans. "

" What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed. "

" We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back. "

" We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. "

" If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got. "

" I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership. "

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